AIIMS Delhi forms 4-member board for Twisha Sharma's second autopsy, team to fly to Bhopal

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Dr Sudhir Gupta, Chief of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi. File

Dr Sudhir Gupta, Chief of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi. File | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium

AIIMS Delhi has constituted a medical board comprising four senior doctors, who will fly to Bhopal this evening by a state chartered plane, to conduct a second autopsy of actor-model Twisha Sharma following the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order in the alleged dowry death case.

Chief of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi, Dr. Sudhir Gupta, said the court order authorised the director of AIIMS Delhi to constitute the medical board.

The hospital received the order and request from Madhya Pradesh Government officials to conduct the postmortem on Sunday (May 24, 2026) morning.

Dr. Gupta constituted the medical board comprising four senior doctors from AIIMS Delhi with the approval of the director.

"The team, along with the latest instruments, will fly by a state chartered plane at 6 p.m. today," Dr. Gupta said.

The body of the 33-year-old actor-model is currently kept at the mortuary of AIIMS Bhopal, he said.

The high-profile death case saw fast-paced developments on Friday (May 22, 2026) with the Madhya Pradesh High Court ordering a second autopsy by a specialised AIIMS Delhi team, while the victim's absconding husband withdrew his anticipatory bail plea and his mother, a retired judge, was served a notice for the cancellation of her bail over non-cooperation with the police.

Samarth Singh, husband of the model-turned-actor, who was arrested in connection with her death, was brought to Bhopal in the early hours of Saturday (May 23, 2026), with police set to seek his custodial remand for questioning, officials said.

According to police sources, Samrath Singh, the lawyer son of former judge and Bhopal consumer court chairperson Giribala Singh, was brought to the Katara Hills police station around 2 a.m.

"He will be produced before the court today, and police will seek his remand for interrogation," Bhopal Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar told PTI.

Twisha, a Noida native, was found dead at her marital home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12. While her in-laws allege she suffered from drug addiction, her family maintains she was harassed for dowry, leading to her death.

Published - May 23, 2026 06:04 pm IST

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